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LTHE., SAN : FRANCISCO CALL," SATTODIY, : JANUARY 29, 19io' SAYS BALLINGER STOPPED INQUIRY Louis FwGlavis, Oh Witness Stand American Red Cross Asks Aid -^;; For Paris FloH Sufferers FLOOD'S CREST EXPECTED TO ARRIVE TODAY Continued from Pace 8 .Claimants, Angered at Failure to /Patent Lands, Refused / Campaign Contributions Glavis Declares Secretary of In- - terior Wanted Ihvestiga= The cable from Bacon confirms previous dispatches from Paris to the effect that no Americans, so far as known, have been injured by the flood, although some, among them the ambassador himself ,• have been obliged to leave their homes and seek new quarters. "The Red Cross hereby appeals to the people of the .United Stales to contribute rvilh their characteristic generosity to the relief of our neighbors, whose misfortune calls for our substantial sympathy, a sym- pathy deeper because of the traditional friendship between the people of France and this' country. Contributions for this purpose sent to Chadc,s D. Norton, treasurer of the Red Cross, Washington, D.C., will be for- warded promptly by cable tlvough the American ambassador." T TTASHINGTON \ Jan. 28.— The American Red Cross society, 1/1/ having been notified today by Robert. Bacon, American am- * bassador in. Paris, that contributions from this country to aid the flood sufferers in France would be acceptable, tonight issued the following appeal to the American public:- '\u25a0:-\u25a0"', \u25a0 « ' - Orientals Are to Be Free From _Raids of the Police, Says McCarthy Celestials to Be Allowed to En- joy their Sport Like White Men Continued from Pace 9 GHINKE GAMBLERS- REJOICE AT EDICT "Let the Chinese keep their games to themselves and they will interfere with no one. T will not stand for the doping of white men. as has been done in* the past, but I will not make the tax payers pay for digging into the sewers. to prevent the Chinese from do- ing what white men may and are per- mitted to do wnder the law. " "They have been harassed and blockaded, and we, the white tax pay- ers, have had to foot the bills. The Chinese may. gamble their head 3 off so that they keep within the law.' They will not have to give up a cent for it, and if I find that any man has taken a cent from them or attempted to make them give up, he will get the full pen- alty of the law if I have the power to give it to him. "The ; Chinese iwilt not be interfered with in thejr- innocent amusements," cried the mayor. "So long as the Chl- nese.keep within the law they willnot be molested. They have their games, which are as dear to them as are the white man's' games to him: They wiH be given exactly the same treatment accorded the white man. "I do not know the difference be- tween the handbooks and the fantan which you have mentioned," was the emphatic reply." "If they are without thejlaw they must go." '"How about gambling in China- town?"' • .'\u25a0 ' \u25a0•' -.-.; \u25a0 "How about j the handbook?" the mayor .was asked. of supervisors upon the occasion of my induction Into office. I- have them all. My first was to make them public. Had I followed my first im- pulse I would have turned the town upside d<*wn. I know. where the places are.- I . know who the men that are running them are. I know how long they have been here and where came from. The men who are without the law will have to go." Ignorant of Handbook I A meeting for the purpose of raising a subscription; among the members of the local French' colony for the relief of t^ie sufferers from the flood in Paris was. held yesterday morning in the pri- vate offices' or Raphael Weill & Co. '/. In response. to a cablegram inquiring the state of affairs at the French capi- tal Henri Merou, French consul. general to. this city, yesterday- received the fol- lowing response, which was read to the committee: "Product of a subscription will be're- ceived-with gratitude." Plans were at once, drawn up, for ai subscription, to which all the French ; in the city, are .to be asked to con- tribute. . It is on. the"' French they rely to- raise the necessary amount, al- though a letter of thanks has already been drawn up, copies of which have been sent, to the Americans who have" already responded to the call of brotherhood and of humanity. • Raphael Weill yesterday was in re- i ceipt of a letter from Di\ Edward ! Robeson Taylor inclosing his check ! for *100. The French bank has beon appointed as the headquarters and treasury for the fund,, which by evening reached almost the J3.000 mark. . .;..." The committee in charge of.the sub- scription list consists of Raphael'. Weil!,' Charles Carpy, A. Legalist, Felix San- tallier and R. A. -Bergerot. Among the contributions already re- ceived are: Dr. E. R. Taylor tioo Raphael W>i!l \u25a0 •••••••• »«"" Albert RoiiillPr ™-;n; n Rucene. Gallois ........... ."!".!".! '.'.'.',"" Mrs. Sljrmuud Stern '\u25a0"" Too French American SaTincs ... . *""* ' "\n Charles Carpy . "" ,S» A. I-egallet'., J\[\\\\\\ \\\\ \\\\ li, Hoc«iu»>raz mn Felix Santalller .. --••-•• >>> Enpene de Sabla ....... iXX Oeorge Beleler : . ,^X P. A. BerlngeV [.'. , Jl S. HlKslDger & Co * \m Albert Pisses .... .... - * 1%! Roos Brothers ...... """ \Z\ j. m. Dupa, :::::::::*:" J^ John nallois ....!.".""! -50 Mrs. C. L. Darllns ••••••«• .w A. Jacquemont . '" o- E. Lcgallet "" ".""••• ~1 Mme. . E. \u25a0 Chabot \u25a0 . '"-"-''•'••. .^ E. (Jauthler 5'- Mmc E. Deloche * ' ' t- M me. L. Cousin .......... " " ' " r '"'""' ±1 Allibert & KsraW '.••••*•\u25a0 i %! Delson Brothers >..,.. "' Z.I I). G. DaTls .... ••...... j.u MI«"E. Hinchelwood .... I """ To P. Fletiry ......;.' ' '!'' - Gaston ItheimK ..... ........ ... George Bernhart .' * ''' J-' J. B. Joy mix .....;... .*.*.".'!!!"}[-" v Total 1 ..... \u0084.' i'\\. " S o R7-. PARIS FLOOD SUFFERERS her . daughter soon from the French capital. FUND STARTED TO AID Coast Brevities *- • i i EXPLOSION KILLS MEHCHANT— BellinKhatn Wash., Jan. 28.— Gustave Ottwart, a general merchant at Marietta, \u25a0 suburb, was instantly killed today by the explosion of a tank of cas- ollne In his store. LEATHES FACTORY— Xapa, Jan. 2S.—Articles of Incorporation of the.C. P. Zoerb company \u25a0; ?\u25a0"«'. fileU here' .today. The company will build a factory In this city for the manafae- tnrp of leather (roods. STHCIDE OF TRAIN DISPATCHES— Bakers- fleld, Jan. 2S.— il. J. MeUrath. for IS years train dispatcher In East Raker«n>ld. commit- ted _ suicide last erenlng by shooting himself. 11l health Is supposed to bare been the canse GUILTY OF HOKSE STEAXlNG— Bakersflel.l. Jan. 2S. — John and Henry Payne. " were today found sruilty of horse stealing. - The ca« has attracted wide attention, owln? to the protni- \u25a0 nence of the defendants* family, they beine pioneers of the Tehachapl Talley. These cities would furnish amateur teams and make up a six team league. Manager John Anderson of the Eagles club spoke for that body. The club has taken the matter under advisement. \u2666 '\u25a0 ! ' — 1 A In a called meeting today the ciub met a deputation of local citizens and business men to discuss the advisability of forming a league to comprise Peta- luma. Santa Rosa. Healdsburg, San Rafael and two teams from San Fran- cisco. • * [Special Dispatch to The Call] PETALUMA, Jan. 2S.—League or no league is the question agitating the minds of the members of the Eagles baseball club, Petaluraa's leading base- ball team. "• Petaluma Tossers Discuss \u25a0•.. Formation of League The board of health met yesterday, afternoon, but there were no walkin* papers from the mayor. Had there been the fight which the members of the board of, health intanrt to put up would have sprung into being at once. "We have decided to fight every ef- fort the"mayor might make to remove us from office," said Barendt yester- day afternoon. "We will engage attor- neys to carry on the contest for us, an<l while we can not say now what step* will be taken, as that is a matter in which we will be governed largely by the' advice of our lawyers, -we will surely take action. The charter pro- vides that members of this board shall hold office for certain terms, unless re- moved for cause. The whole spirit of those charter provisions is to keep a continuity In the board, to keep th* board out of politic* and free from harassment. We in^nd to see if those charter provisions shall not hold. In a word, we will contest any effort whiel> may be made to remove us." tIKA I/I'llBOARD PEACEABLE Members of . the county medical society of San Francisco are consider- ing the presentation to Mayor Mc- Carthy of a memorial asking that the board of health be not disturbed on tho ground that continuity of service of the heads of departments and employes is essential to efficient sanitary work. T>r. Langley Porter, president of the soci- ety, preferred last evening not to dis- cuss the matter, but it is understood that the advisability of taking some ac- tion will be discussed by the board of directors at the meeting to be held Monday. , The members of the health board are: Dr. Guy E. Manning, president; Dr. Thomas W. Huntington. Dr. George V.. Somers, Joseph E. Cutten. Arthur U. Barendt, James W. Mullen and WilliairN F. Wilson. The attorneys which may be engaged by the members of the board in their fight to hold place under the city «re: Barclay Henley," Matt I. Sullivan and Hiram W. Johnson. | FAXM.NG IDLE McCarthy was not in a rtmoving, mood yesterday, and the "guillotine be-^ hind the door In the mayor's office gath- ered dust and the headsman. Sergeant "Pete" Fanning, passed an idle day. "There will be no more removals and no more appointments this week." said the mayor. "I'll have no more sur- prises at present like I had for the police, commissioners yesterday. If the , police commissioners had not been say- ing that they intended to take some stand if I removed them. I would not have acted so summarily in the matter." "I have something on al! of the commissioners." the mayor continued, "and can dismiss them all when I so desire, but there will be nothing doinst this week. I would not have removed the police commissioners when T di«l if they had not been . talking about what they intended to do If T did re- move them." "I felt that as the mayor wanted to appoint his own men on the fire com- mission I did not want to stand in his way.— l went to his office and told him personally that I had resigned. Our conversation regarding the matter was most pleasant and courteous, and T did not send in any written resignation." * HEALTH BOARD WU.V FIGHT Newhall refused to discuss his ac- tion further than to say: "There will be no more appointment.*, this week." said Mayor McCarthy yes- terday. . \u0084 But at that the week i 3 nearly over. There was one painless creation of a vacancy yesterday when George A. Xewhall resigned as fire commissioner. Xewnall went to McCarthy's office an«i tendered his resignation, in the same affable spirit in which the mayor haJ demanded it. Board of Health in Belligerent Mood and Threatens to Fight Removal Headsman " Fanning Is Idle, but vNewhall "Resigns Place* on Fire Commission MAYOR SHEATHES AX TEMPORARILY "He said,'.' declared the witness, "that H. C. Henry and C. J. Smith, two of the Cunningham claimants, had usually been liberal contributors, but they were mad because they had not received pat- ents to" their lands and would not; give anything. I told Mr. Ballinger I was under orders to investigate the claims held by these men. He said he wished I would not act on them until after the election. I told him I wouldn't, and I did. not. I was in the midst of a big conspiracy case in Oregon and could not have given any attention to the other matter if I had wanted to. And it was a favor to 'Ballinger as well:" GJavis said he next saw Ballinger in Seattle in Ffibruary, 1909, after it had been announced that Ballinger hadbeep selected as secretary- of the interior in President Taft's cabinet. They dis- cussed the coal cases and Ballinger said ho thought that where there had been only a technical violation of the law the patents ought to be issued. . Glavi3 said he agreed with him. . ; Glavis;; said he was ordered May 2, 1908, to{disoontinue .the. Alaskan in- quiry and take up the Oregon cases, where he had recommended that, if something werenpt done at once, the statute of limitations soon would prove a bar. "But, I also said the Alaska investi- gation should not be dropped at that time." added Glavis. "In June, 190S, I presented a report on the land cases to Commissioner Den- nett, but learning that he was to be in Oregon soon I did not send it. When he ; came to Oregon we discussed the entire situation. Dennett said he did not think there should be any criminal prosecution; that he thqught it .was sufficient if the claims could be can- celed." \u25a0Representative James: "What crimi- nal offense had the claimants com- mitted?" - : {. "Conspiracy to defraud the United States."-, . ;*-". i Representative James: "And that in- volved perjury?" "Yes." Representative James: "But Dennett took the view that if they were kept out of the land that was sufficient?" \ "Yes." -- Glavis said, he was ordered back on ,the Alaska cases in November,' 190*,* but"did not actually take them- up until March, 1909. He was busy on other matters. He could have assigned one or two agents to the case, but he pre- ferred to give it his personal attention as: it Involved, millions of dollars. : At :5:12 o'clock adjournment was taken until 10 o'clock Saturday. ;The following witnesses today -were subpenaed to ' appear before the com- mittee at the request of the prosecu- tion: • Horace T. Jones, special agent land office, Portland, Ore.; Arthur. R. Bow- man, Cheyenne,. Wyo.; Andrew. Ken- nedy, Seattle; Henry M. Ho'yt,'. attorney general of.Porto Rico; P. C. Richard- son, Seattle. ~ \u25a0;';•-C;\ '\u25a0 Glavis said Ballinger spoke of the difficulty he was having in securing campaign ; contributions. "The "above ; mini ' TraaT received /from Daniel GueKenheim in full for expense incurred on account of the examination of coal lands on his uccou nt — check re- ceived^ 9 l^so.eo.^ Campaign Contributions Sought . ."While; Cunningham la .it renuoii* In bin nffldavitn that they are not a part or, or bonded to the. Gusrsenhelms, it l» h little 'peculiar that their memo- randum : book sof expenses Incurred should proceed .along from day to day .ivlth ; grrcat detail .from the Inception of. the claim in .1002 until" December, 1007,"and' then close with:': - '. - ScK Wartz- dated 23? 190S, which said among other things: -= "\u25a0" —^— — \u25a0\u25a0 ,% Jacksonville Results^ ] 'The five f rora : the Commercial school rallied during the last half of*- the game and succeeded In tieing, the score The referee had the game continued', the team winning the iirst two points to* be the winner. 'Lunt of -"Mission threw a goal from "a penalty, making the-scpre: Mission, 23; Commercial, 22. Maher of Commercial then threw tWo goals because of. fouls and the' game was awarded to Commercial, i The fast basket ball team from Wil- merding defeated the five' from Poly- technic high last night after a. snappy and exciting game. The boys from the -"Wilmerding school were too -fast ' and heavy for their opponents and at no time was the result in doubt. The first half ended with Wilmerding 17, Polytechnic ' 7. The second half was a repetition of the first, the final score being Wilmerding 25,' Polytechnic 14. At the Siaplamat Indian gymnasium last evening, one of' the closest games" of basket ball this season was-played. Commercial defeated the MisslQn play- ers, yet : the Mission boys played the belter game- throughout. At. the, end of the first half Mission led.* the_* : score being: Mission,; 11; Commercial, 8. : Wilmerd ing Wins Fast Game From Polytechnic Los Angeles Municipality VVins Victory in Supreme Court 4 LOS ANGELES," Jan.; 28.—8y deriyinK! a rehearing of. the case of A. St. CV Perry against the city of Los, Angeles the state supreme court today estab- lished the- rlgrht;of a .municipality to^ employ day labor in construction work instead of letting contracts to the low- est bidder. " The action was ; brought originally to enjoin: the city : from proceeding With 1 the- construction of -an outfall sewer"*"* and 'was *? decided against " the plaintiff-in' the superior court.-- - / .The decision; has an, important bear- ing on "the ..O wens river aqueduct proj- ect "now being; carried forward ,to pro- vide 5 Los "Angeles with a municipally owned water- supply. '/ CONSTRUCTION WORK TO S ;: BE DONE IbV DAY^LABOR \u25a0, Fifth rarp. »ix f urlonss. . selling— Roral Onrx ; 7 to 10, won; Anna L. Daly, n to 1, second- Furl naee..H to o, third. Time/ 1:17. ' , Sixth rare, ono mile, selling— Kobin firav R to .'. won; Shapdnle. s to 0. second; Merry Gift 7 to I,'. third; -Tlrao,- 1:43 4-5.. .''-.' .TACKSONVILLB, Jan. 28.—HeaTy showers this afternoon conrerted the track at Moncrlef park into a sea of mud. As a result the' card was cut by wholesale scratches. The Mackintosh, at one time as good at 100 to 1. and closing at 30 to 1, furnished" the surprise of .the day by win- ning the. opening eyent.- 1 Results: : \u25a0'\u25a0•-'.'a.O;.-* < First race, flre and a half furlongs— The Mnck- intosh, 30 to l; won; Eusracian, 5 to 1, second; Schlcswlp, Bto 1. third. Time, 1:11 1-3 .Second' race, fire and n hnlf furloiies—Thp Golden Butterfly, ft to 20. w«n: Aman Fearman. scc<lDa; M> ' ll<nr . v . ~l\u0094 to I,; third. Time). mo 3-t». | \u25a0 . ..." * . \u25a0 * *..- "\u25a0\u25a0- s. ,--\u25a0 • Third rare, nre and a halt. furlongs, selling— Dolly Bultman, 6. t0 5. won; Harold Jr fi to 1 " second .-• A llonh.r.O to 2, third. Time. 1:10 3-r. '\u25a0 Fourth race, onp and a sixteenth miles " purse— Dr. Holzberg. 11 to 20, won; Nethermost, 8 to 1 second; Court Lady. 20' to 1, third.- Time] Tampa Results i I.OS ANGELES; r Jan. '28.— With, his handB r ; filled .- with, 'currency and with gold and .silver tied to his body and hidden in his clothing: ' Jacob Nlrva, a Finlander \u25a0' hailing from ,Butte, . Mont., was dragged V todays from beneath a freight t rain a f ter.; an attempt at sui- cide, i To the ;. switchmen . who rescued him from, the wheels Nirva said that he" wanted to kill v himself .because he had "missed i the " train .oh which he ex-, pected ;"t6V start.* for home. "Altogether nearly; $60<T was "found -concealed 'about his person.-^ He will.b o*examined .as to his sanity. \u25a0 '\u25a0 Finlander Covered With Money Throws Himself Under Train WALKING MINT TRIES , ; TO COMMIT SUICIDE 1 First \u25a0 race,^ aboat i three f arloneii— -Louis* B 8 to s.'; won;'\u25a0 Mrs.;, Carter.; B to. I. «econd;-Maxine Dale, 5 5 to 2. \u25a0< third."-. vTime. ; :38 1-5.- -,', , -Second race, fire furlongs. selllng—McAndrews st» 2, won; Caltha," 6 to 1: second ; Bonelirake'- sto I, thirds: Time.. 1:04 2-6. v -"-\u25a0'",'\u25a0 -Third race, sir furlongs.; selilns— Bannock Bob ' 3. t0 1, won: Funda mental. ;S to 1. second- (jlois' teress. Sto 1 , : third.: \u25a0. Time,\ 1 :19 3-5. V.- . ' Fourth racer- fire .and ? a half furlongs— Beth fioodwin. •; 3 to 1; won: Bannade. 3 to 1, second' Robert Powell.. 12 to 1.-thirds Tlme.l:lS i-6. I'- \u25a0 Fifth r*c<». - flr* furlontw,- selling — Anna Smith 10 to 1, won: Fleming,; 4 to 5; Becond;< Halifax* 7 i to ; 6, third. 'Time.; 1:05 1-5. .. •\u25a0 --\u25a0 - ' Sixth . raw.vse.Teu> furlong*—Ormnse, I .'to 2 won; Jndg<» Sanfle.v,,iio- to ;ir second; Trmncr'- 7,t0 1, third.; Time., I:S4 4-5. ': >.-\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 - '"..= '" p ! TAMPA,, J«n'2S.— Raln.r. -n-pathor and a slow '"(\u25a0'< interfered with thn running of a^ splendid card- today. \u25a0 Track- conditions caused many Vin- nct*.;the principal one r*ln<? in the fourth, when Lottie Darr^vrasjnnplaced- after .an vunusuallr bearr- play. ;- Saturday's card Includes 'a hurdle' j-ae» and n\good field of 2 year olds. The onen betting ring today, added \u25a0to the interest of the players. Summaries: .. • \u0084 . " Birds Prey on Lambs and Infest .Poultry,: Yards 1 [Special Dispatch to The Call] >•* PETALUMA,; Jan. 28.-— Cold .weather and snowjnthe mountairis;to the north. 6t here has driven ; many^ eagles .'to; this^ valley:, for food.-,r,Th#y^are i particularly annoying ' to:»thefarmers> living.;in' the foothills ;'on v Sonoma, mountains.. '.The birds preyi on t the lambsland! also .infest the poultry yards.^OnTtha-Fred'Kynoch ranch- this, week a large"*- eagle£..was caught in a trap bait'ed;With "a rabbit. ; FARMER CATCHES EAGLE IN!TRAP WITH RABBIT The Place dv Palais-Bourbon, where the deputies are now sitting, j s nearly isolated. While a corporal and two : soldiers in a rowboat were trying to deliver the orders of their commander, the boat was swept into the Seine and the corporal fell overboard. The two soldiers sprang into the seething waters to save their comrade., and after an exciting effort the corporal and one. soldier were rescued with ropes thrown by sailors on shore. The other soldier drowned. t The .authorities continue to battle bra rely with the situation, but their resources arfi becoming exhausted. The police, firemen and soldiers who 'have bf-en on duty night and day since. Mon- day are worn out, and volunteers to aid the work of rescuft and relie.fwerc called for ioday. Tue improvised dikes along the quays have, broken, and the chief efforts-are now directed to keeping the bridges free of driftwood. Men with ropes fastened about their bodies are lowered over the sides of the bridge* into the freezing water to further this work. Red Cross, ambulances go clanging through, the streets. „ Soldiers are re- placing? .the police for sentinel duty,- pivingtbe city the appearance of be- ing in ; a state of siege. Offers of aid are pouring in from the outsde,' but as^yet the government has not made an official announcement as to; whether such gifts would be'ac- reptable. Pestilence Is Feared Both the government and the munici- pal administration decided to adopt Ftrong measures to_ prevent shop keep- ers from, unduly Iraising the price of food, but as the climax is reached the \u25a0jsiuthorities appear to be coftoernr-d with | J^rhat may follow>yen^ more than with j - v the present' situation." ~ The. fear that -pestilence will come t \ f ler the flood \u25a0is preat, jtnd arrange-: •ucnts are heinir perfected to insure the Toward noon the water gushed out of the Tuil!eries entrance to the Metro- politan subway, flooding the square in front of the Coraedie Francaise. An at- trmpt to keep the water down in the section of the subway at this place was made by using pumps through holes bored at distant points, but with little success. Within the city there is .practically no means of transportation' except" by «abs and taxicabs.'th* owners of which rharce fabulous prices. The steam tramways, which were the only surface lines remaining after the electric cars failed, were unable to move today, as the water had entered the fireboxes".- - rommunication by omnibus and auto- buses between the two sides of -the' river has been suspended owing to the unsafe- condition of the bridges. . • At the Place Pereire the main'drain exploded, flooding the subway, and the •workmen inside narrowly escaped. An- other main broke, emptying the con- tents into the basement of. the. prin- cipal market and destroying the entire reperve stocks of provisions. Soldiers* Heroic Work Disaster followed disaster during the •lay. A gaping: chasm opened in the lower Champs Elysee, engulfing a cart and two men. One of the men was rescued, but the other, with the horse, was swept away. Many roads leading to the city were filled today with pedestrians going to I heir work and lons processions of ref- ugees bent beneath 4be weight of sacks containing the few belongings that they liad been able to save. Practically all arc without funds. Disaster Follows Disaster The last means of insuring suburban traffic was interrupted for a time today vhen the tracks of the belt line were ongulfed at the Rue de Courcelles. - The prices of- necessaries are ad- vancing rapidly, as the paralysis of transportation facilities extend. The Northern railway still operates directly into the city, but the continuation of traffic on this line is threatened by the deplorable situation at the St. Ladare station, where the tracks are sub- merged and the immense building in danger of falling as a result of broken \u25a0u-siter mains beneath its foundations. Todays papers are filled with pages of pitiful and terrifying: details. War would hardly play such havoc. The City of Light has become a city of- .^!ime, filled with muddy waters. Busi- ness is almost at a standstill and the hotels are crowded with persons who have fled from inundated homes. : The palace of the Legion of Honor has been evacuated. The situation in the neighborhood of th«* French insti- tute ha? become desperate. From the Rue de ] a Grand-Bateliere only onp street, the Rue do la Rouquet, is open to the submerged eleventh ar- rondissement. necessitating a three mile detaur to reach the eleventh from the ninth arrondiss.^ment. Institute Is Evacuated The Esplanade dcs Invalides -is- a sheet of water. The turgid flood has crept back almost to the .Jardin (iv Luxembourg on its left bank and-in- vaded the Place de la Concorde, which was closed and guarded by soldiers, and the lower Champs felysees on the right bank. The Palais de Glace and other resorts and restaurants are surround- ed, even the Plato de l'Opera at the core of the city threatened to sink to the subway beneath. Cellars through- out the district from that point to the St. Lazare station, comprising the Faubourg llontmartre and the Rue Berger and the richer sections in the Kue de Province, the. Rue. l>rouot and Hi** Rue <;hateau Dnri. are filled to the *frect level with water from the over- flowed subterranean river. An unfortunate shifting of the wind, accompanied by a falling barometer, added a new thrill of horror to tho stricken city and country. The devas- tation has now penetrated the heart of I'arip, the Gorgian rivers and sewers underneath literally blowing up the streets, while the area of the surface overflowed by the waters of the Seine had been doubled today. Twelve of the "5 bridges over the river have been closed, and the quays on either side from one end of the city to the other tr« either inundated or have hern roped oft as unsafe. Luxembourg Is Invaded boiling waters of the Seine have been sivoOi i\ * Join t- - Inhabitants of Torrent Swept Capital Cry in Agony for. End Dirge and Wailing Takes Place of "City of Light' s" Former Mirth and Revelry - Only One "Bromo Quinine" That is Laxative ißromo" Quinine: V Look for signature of Er.WV Groves Used world ovar taCura a ColdiqiOne Day. * 2Ro- • ;. As • t o ;the;' Guggenhcims' interest •in tlie ; Cunningham - .claims, ~ Attorney; Brandeis read a* letter i from YieW Chief : "Ballinger told. "me," jthe witness cori- .tinued^; "there I had 'been :a lot "of :muck- : raking, and that - 1 .ought to fbe careful before - making/specific chargesVagalnst any.;one. r \u25a0-..: At > a )Bubsequent-- interview^ withi; Ballinger, l Uold" him Cunningham' was i accusing; me: of journal. -He told'me not.to worry; that Cunningham -evidently was "spreading this \u25a0 story ; to' square"himself:with?his principals; f or f doing; such- a* sllly^thing as.to= give' tho' Journal itolme."^,; '"^\ : : -, "':, , 1 } , "But ? I-: regarded him- as "such," re- tjlled Glavis. -; i^•-;'"*. y ._.- > "But he was not a government -offl-* cial .then?" -suggested; Glavis'.; counsel. .Glavis;said^.he knew Ballinger/would be. bothered by >b.\ lot'of people in"Seat- tle as . soons'as. HP returnedi there after leaving; the government' service; and he to' lay hls'side: of the- case be-" fore him first. ./-,-. .. . -;^'yS-.'i- \ r Glavis testified to an interview.' he had with Ballinger in" Seattle in the middle of March, 1908; two weeks; or so after Ballinger.had resigned as com- missioner. Ar letter ii;was ;v introduced showing that ? prior;:to Aprii;i, ; 1908, Ballinger had; requested information regarding some i of the land claims from Fred; Dennett.' his : successor.* , -\u25a0•\u25a0 Glavis' told' further -of his investi- gation into the alleged fraud }ot the Cunningham' group^and- said .when : he first approached Cunningham^ the latter declared ,: he .had : heard .complaint' had been made that ..-he ' represented the Guggenheims. He denied - this ; and ;to carry out the denial submitted the jour- nal .to Glavis, who; held it as evidence against Cunningham. '-\u25a0 Interview With Ballinger The journal contained under date, of 1903 an agreement among the Cunning- ham claimants to form a company, each claimant to give Cunningham an eighth of his stock in return for services: ren- dered. \u25a0 . " \u25a0'.. ' \u25a0; At the opening of the afternoon ses- sion 4 Attorney Brandeis offered in evi- dence the' journal of Clarence Cunning- ham of Wallace, Idaho,; agent in all; the Cunningham, claims.'* : .One order for clear listing,' so far as the mineral division was concerned, had been issued December 6, 1907, prior to Glavis' visit to -Washington,, but this too was held up by Schwartz. » Brandeis read . further from the printed record to show, : that : the first order to clear list the; Cunningham claims was issued by the, mineral di- vision Decomber.26, 1907— just 13 days after tho Glavis interview with Com- missioner -Ballinger. The order,- how- ever, .'was : held up by direction of Schwartz. : . "\- / indicate that President Taft and^At- torney General Wickersham were mis- taken when they, reached the stated conclusion that- Ballinger's participa- tion in the mattpr had been merely foi> mal. . ' Among the letters read was one from- Special- Agent 11. T. Jones, calling-at- tention to the alleged fraudulent char- acter of the Alaskan claims. "That leter was written before Glavis- came into the matter in anyw ay?" questioned Senator Nelson. "Yes," replied Brandeis. "Then you don't claim Glavis origi- nally called attention to these claims?" "No; in" addition Jones' report there had been supplemented by one from Special Agent Love." ' '\u25a0->'\u25a0 "Didn't" Love recommend' the Cun- ningham claims- for clear listing?" asked Representative Madison. . : "It didn't amount to a recommenda- tiori.'exactly," replied the counsel. Glavis Again Quizzed The examination of Gldvis was, then resumed. \u25a0 He told of a visit, to Wash- ington in December, 1907, when he took up with, officials of the land office', the matter of the Alaska .claims. He told Schwartz that people" In Seattle were, saying there would ..be no further in- vestigation of the claims in Alaska and the patents would be granted. " . "I said there was great danger of an- oitier big scandal equal to that in Wy- oming and Colorado, .where the investi- gation-of the coal land. cases had be^n suppressed," declared. Glavis. "Who .suppressed .those, -investiga- tions?" demanded Senator Paynter (Di). "It"was testified at Salt Lake that former Commissioner Richards did— Ballinger had no connection with it-in any way." \u0084'....;':.'.., "Why were people 'in Seattle saying they would, get their patents?" asked James (D.). *• "I don't "know," replied Glavis; "I know of no reasons they may have had." "Who made these statements?" in- quired Olmstead. . , "There were a number- of claimants in the Hunt group. I can't recall the names." \u25a0-, Glavis Given Charge After his interview with Schwartz, Glavis was conducted to Ballinger's of- fice and as a result" of " his visit' to Washington- and the story-he told was Immediately placed in charge of all the Alaska cases.- "What did you say to Ballinger?" "Itold him I thought we could can- cel all the Alaskan claims; that a lot of ' prominent people had formed ] a pool and"-' that the evfde"nce r woutd provelt." ?"What did HMlinger say. to*you?" -v I "He said ja. number;, of .the claimants were friends and former business-as- sociates of his and that there had been a lot 'Of talk that they would get' their patents." \u25a0 .'."Now, Glavis,' he said, |when you get_baek to i want you to let it be publicly known *tbat' you have start- ed, this investigation.! and I want it to be thorough, no. matter who it hurts. You are to go right after them, wheth- er they are; friends of mine or not.' " "Did- he mention names ' of his friends?" "Yes, he spoke of H.C. Henry and C. J. Smith, both of whom were in the Cunningham group." ~ r • Glavis said he went- back to work happy and satisfied that there was to be a thorough investigation and , that he had worried unnecessarily about a possible scandal. Glavis declared it was December, 13, 1907, he had his interview with Com- missioner Ballinger. January 7, 1908, less than a month after lie had been directed! to make the investigation, a letter was addressed to him by Bal- linger, stating that the . Cunningham claims had, been"clear listed" from 'the investigating "division for patent. ' ; January 22, 1908, Glavis sent a tele-" gram and letter protesting against the clear listing of the claims and they were withdrawn and sent back to the investigating division. , Order Is Held Up Shasta Water for; health^ When;or- lerinevbe sura and see the label. •-*"/. Among the Oaklanders In Paris is Mrs. Jean Howard; Fchumaker* daughter of -Mr. and Mrs. John : L.r Howard of Vernon ' heights. Mrs. Sohiimaker was accompanied by Miss Daisy Polk of* San Francisco. .Mrs. . John , .LV: Howard cabled \ two weeks : ago from London of her arrival there and ; that' shVexr>ected prompt disinfection and cleaning of the city as soon as the waters subside. . A touching evidence of the conditions i above the city came today in the shape j of an urgent appeal from Charenton for food and clothing for 2,000 babies res- 1 cued at- AlfortvUle and Ivry, who have. 1 been without proper clothing for four i days. v The engine room of the papermills at Essonnes, near - Corbeill in Sein%-et- Oise. is Hooded and, as the mills, there supply a. good deal of the paper used by the Paris newspapers, the publica- tions in the metropolis are in danger of having their supply cut off. The danger, also is augmented by the difficulty of transporting the paper to Paris. Cables Are Threatened The water is infiltering the cellars of: the Central telegraph building in the Rue~ae Grenelle. ' The water is 12 feet ; deep in the engine room and many cables have been submerged and para- lyzed. . The Boulevard St. Germain is flooded from the quay to the doors of the min- istry of public works, and the water is jalso at the doors of the ministry of war. . French stocks averaged a loss of 30 j francs the last week. Tbe subway shares dropped 60 francs and all Indus- trials were off; but, considering the I extent of the disaster, the drops are hardly as great as were anticipated. When the dam at Gennevilliers, a town six miles Croin Paris, broke yes- terday a wall of water swept over the plain, submerging the lower quarters of Gennevilliors and the neighboring, towns of Colambes and Asnieres. A general race for life followed, but fortunately sappers and sailors were at hand and they succeeded in taking off !h boats all those who were imprisoned in ilie houses. ": r "\u25a0' .- Fifty girls today were taken out of the second story of the convent on the Boulevard de Dalny. Communication. Cut Off Communication with Kngland, Hol- land! Denmark. and Austria and many cities and towns _in France is com ~ pletely cut off. The telephone has been practically abandoned in Paris. New districts are being flooded con- stantly, and the people are evacuating blocks of buildings. Several hospitals where sick refugees were taken are in a' dreadful plight, the water having quenched fires in the furnaces. Four' hundred patients were hurried- ly removed in ambulances - from the Hospital Af lit Salpetriere to the Hos- pital Boucicault. Their rescue was dramatic and timely. -The hospital was isolated and a new rush of water threatened to level it. The tireless prefect of police, M. Lepine, .sum- moned ambulances and boats and addi- tional police and soldiers. . While some soldiers were laying pon- toons others took patients out. Two hundred were saved in boats, while an- other 200 were carried across the pon- toons on the backs of soldiers. Thousands of Americans in Paris, especially artists and students in > the Latin quarter, are oeing bombarded \u25a0with cablegrams from anxious rela- tives. The Associated Press has been requested to announce that all" Ameri- cans are safe. A few.: have been obltged to . leave their lodgings in the lower, part of -the city, but, the Latin quarter Is high and safe. The French .government is deeply touched by expressions of sympathy that have been received from, abroad. King Victor Emmanuel and the Italian cabinet have sent .messages of con- dolence, and Pope Pius has transmitted $6,000. Emperor Nicholas and the king of Belgium have sent $2,000 each. Pub- lic subscriptions have been opened in Belgium. Expressions of sympathy are coming from England, Germany and Austria. Italian Floods Recede nOME, Jan. 5 28. — Splendid weather re- turned today. The floods throughout Italy are^receding.' London Plans Relief Fund. LONDON,' Jan. 28.—Sir ".John KniH, lord mayor of London, today opened a mansion house fund for the relief of the; flood sufferers in France. Chicago^to Aid Paris *CHTCAG<VJan. 28.— Mayor Biisse this afternoon: issued 'a proclamation call- Ing- upon the people of Chicagrw to aid the Paris flood sufferers. He appointed a' commiltee^of 71 ; to solicit funds.; ;• San Jose Raises Fund [Special Dispatch to The Call] SAN JOSE, Jan. 28. — At the weekly luncheon of the chamber of commerce today subscriptions were received for the relief of th« flood sufferers of Paris. The project was broached .by Valentine Koch, a prominent local merchant, and the Idea .was enthusiastically Indorsed by business and professional men of the city.-' CALIFORNIANS IN PARIS BELIEVED TO BE SAFE BERKELEY, Jan!' 28,—With a score of Berkeleyans in Paris now, during the raging of. the'terrible flood, there is considerable- apprehension among their relativesjin this city over their'safety. Although a majority. of the Berkeleyans ln**the -French capital are residents of the Latin quarter/which is a district remote from the flood area, .there, aro fears expressed for the safety of the Berkeleyans from plague and privation, the usual aftermath of calamities. " \u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0 The .Berkeleyans now. In '. Paris are: Clinton ,R. Morse/ relative -»of the late Mrs. Francis Shattuck; Prof." \u0084W..-M. Hart- of the faculty of .the university department of "English., and his wife; Mrs: A. A. Pennoycr, widow- of- the luxe member of the firm of Taft & Pennoyer of Oakland; Sheldon and Paul Pen- noyer, 'students of the. university, studying 'architecture;* Mr.'- and Mrs. Arthur. J. ;Todd. graduates of •the uni- versity and students of social problems; Miss Halließ. Porter, daughter/of Mrs. W. "W. Porter; : Edgar : Thoma*., sori.-of Captain and Mrs. Thomas , of La Loma avenue; Warren ; Perry, koh of a faculty member of. the California- Institution for the Deaf and Blind.' 10 Save Money On Meats READ THE BIG SATURDAY SPECIALS No other meats so choice. No other prices so low. No other store so sanitary. No other methods so fair. We buy the best and sell at the lowest prices regardless of wholesalers. We turn their profits over, to you. Here are the Prices that Settle the M eat Question for you Fancy Lamb Legs, per 1b.......15c Best Eastern Sugar Cared Hams, Yearling 3lutton Legs, per lb:l2s4c per 1b..... .....16c Xutton Loin Chops, per. lb..l2^c Urer Saasaire, per Ib ...10c Mutton Rib Chops, per 1b.....10c Frankfurters, per 1b.......^... 10c Lamb Prime Rib Chops, per lb. 15c Headcheese. 3 lbs. for 2">c Porterhouse Steak, per 1b . . .... 15c «. p per. er l b '- - ; ••••••••• -• - • *-«« Sirloin Steak, per Chi PP^ Bm » P" lb 20c Shoulder Rib Steak, per 1b.... 7Hc Boiled Hams, per lb 23c Prime Ribßoast, per 1b. .';... 12^5c Hamburcrer, $ lbs. f0r1........25c ; Shoulder Rib Roast, per 1b..V...5c Pork Sausage, per 1b.... ... . :10c Bologna Sausage,. S lbs: f0r..;. 2-Sc Pork Chops, per 1b... .....15c Our delicatessen department is the finest^and best equipped on the coast. HTCrything sold in; this department at cut-rate prices. Save On Groceries and Liquors E^gs, Strictly Fresh Ranch - - - - 35c Butter, Cold Storage, 2 lbs. - - - - 65c Coffee, Kona Style, 2 lbs. - -. • - 45c 'TYhite Beans, ; 6 lbs. f0r........ 25c. Paul Jones. ....\v.y;r.\v../i:;s<»c Pork and Beans, 1-lb. cans,'. Port or Sherry* per ga1.... ..55c i cans for: ... :V;V/.. . ".'.... 25c Claretr rood table -nine, bot. . .';lsc
Transcript of CALL, SATTODIY, Asks Aid SAYS MAYOR SHEATHES Cross …LTHE.,SAN :FRANCISCO CALL," SATTODIY,:JANUARY...
LTHE., SAN :FRANCISCO CALL," SATTODIY, :JANUARY 29, 19io'
SAYS BALLINGERSTOPPED INQUIRY
Louis FwGlavis,Oh Witness StandAmerican Red Cross Asks Aid-^;;
For Paris FloH Sufferers
FLOOD'S CRESTEXPECTED TO
ARRIVE TODAY
Continued from Pace 8
.Claimants, Angered at Failureto /Patent Lands, Refused/ Campaign Contributions
Glavis Declares Secretary of In--terior Wanted Ihvestiga=
The cable from Bacon confirms previous dispatches from Paris to
the effect that no Americans, so far as known, have been injured by theflood, although some, among them the ambassador himself ,• have beenobliged to leave their homes and seek new quarters.
"The Red Cross hereby appeals to the people of the .United Stalesto contribute rvilh their characteristic generosity to the relief of our
neighbors, whose misfortune calls for our substantial sympathy, a sym-
pathy deeper because of the traditional friendship between the people ofFrance and this' country. Contributions for this purpose sent to Chadc,s
D.Norton, treasurer of the Red Cross, Washington, D.C., willbe for-warded promptly by cable tlvough the American ambassador."
T TTASHINGTON\ Jan. 28.— The American Red Cross society,
1/1/ having been notified today by Robert. Bacon, American am-*bassador in. Paris, that contributions from this country to aid
the flood sufferers in France would be acceptable, tonight issued thefollowing appeal to the American public:- '\u25a0:-\u25a0"',
\u25a0 «' -
Orientals Are to Be Free From_Raids of the Police, Says
McCarthy
Celestials to Be Allowed to En-joy their Sport Like
White Men
Continued from Pace 9
GHINKE GAMBLERS-REJOICE AT EDICT
"Let the Chinese keep their gamesto themselves and they will interferewith no one. T will not stand for thedoping of white men. as has been donein* the past, but Iwill not make thetax payers pay for digging into thesewers. to prevent the Chinese from do-ing what white men may and are per-mitted to do wnder the law."
"They have been harassed andblockaded, and we, the white tax pay-ers, have had to foot the bills. TheChinese may. gamble their head 3off sothat they keep within the law.' Theywillnot have to give up a cent for it,and ifIfind that any man has taken acent from them or attempted to makethem give up, he will get the full pen-alty of the law ifIhave the power togive it to him.
"The ;Chinese iwilt not be interferedwith in thejr- innocent amusements,"cried the mayor. "So long as the Chl-nese.keep within the law they willnotbe molested. They have their games,which are as dear to them as are thewhite man's' games to him: They wiHbe given exactly the same treatmentaccorded the white man.
"I do not know the difference be-tween the handbooks and the fantanwhich you have mentioned," was theemphatic reply." "If they are withoutthejlaw they must go."
'"How about gambling in China-town?"' • .'\u25a0
'\u25a0•' -.-.; \u25a0
"How about j the handbook?" themayor.was asked.
of supervisors upon the occasion of my
induction Into office. I-have them all.My first was to make thempublic. Had Ifollowed my first im-pulse Iwould have turned the townupside d<*wn. Iknow. where the places
are.- I. know who the men that arerunning them are. Iknow how long
they have been here and where
came from. The men who are withoutthe law will have to go."
Ignorant of Handbook
I A meeting for the purpose of raisinga subscription; among the members ofthe local French' colony for the reliefof t^ie sufferers from the flood in Pariswas. held yesterday morning in the pri-vate offices' or Raphael Weill & Co. '/.
In response. to a cablegram inquiringthe state of affairs at the French capi-tal Henri Merou, French consul. general
to. this city, yesterday- received the fol-lowing response, which was read tothe committee:
"Product of a subscription willbe're-ceived-with gratitude."
Plans were at once, drawn up, for aisubscription, to which all the French ;in the city, are .to be asked to con-tribute. . It is on. the"' French they relyto- raise the necessary amount, al-though a letter of thanks has alreadybeen drawn up, copies of which havebeen sent, to the Americans who have"already responded to the call ofbrotherhood and of humanity.• Raphael Weill yesterday was in re-
i ceipt of a letter from Di\ Edward!Robeson Taylor inclosing his check! for *100.
The French bank has beon appointedas the headquarters and treasury forthe fund,, which by evening reachedalmost the J3.000 mark. . .;..."
The committee in charge of.the sub-scription list consists of Raphael'. Weil!,'Charles Carpy, A. Legalist, Felix San-tallier and R. A. -Bergerot.
Among the contributions already re-ceived are:
Dr. E. R. Taylor tiooRaphael W>i!l \u25a0
•••••••• »«""Albert RoiiillPr ™-;n;nRucene. Gallois ........... ."!".!".!'.'.'.',""Mrs. Sljrmuud Stern '\u25a0"" TooFrench American SaTincs ... . *""* '
"\nCharles Carpy . ""
,S»A. I-egallet'., J\[\\\\\\ \\\\ \ \ \ \li, Hoc«iu»>raz mnFelix Santalller .. --••-•• >>>Enpene de Sabla ....... iXXOeorge Beleler : . ,^XP. A. BerlngeV [.'. ,JlS. HlKslDger & Co
*\m
Albert Pisses .... .... - *1%!
Roos Brothers ...... """\Z\j. m. Dupa, :::::::::*:" J^John nallois ....!.".""! -50
Mrs. C. L. Darllns••••••«• .w
A. Jacquemont . '"o-
E. Lcgallet""
".""••• ~1Mme. .E. \u25a0 Chabot \u25a0 . '"-"-''•'••..^E. (Jauthler 5'-Mmc E. Deloche
* ' ' t-Mme. L. Cousin .......... ""'"r'"'""'±1
Allibert & KsraW '.••••*•\u25a0 i%!Delson Brothers >..,.. "'
Z.II). G. DaTls .... ••...... j.uMI«"E. Hinchelwood .... I """
ToP. Fletiry ......;.'
''!''
-Gaston ItheimK ..... ........ ...George Bernhart .'
* '''J-'J. B. Joymix .....;... .*.*.".'!!!"}[-" v
Total1..... \u0084.' i'\\."
So R7-.
PARIS FLOOD SUFFERERS
her . daughter soon from the Frenchcapital.
FUND STARTED TO AID
Coast Brevities*- •
i iEXPLOSION KILLS MEHCHANT—BellinKhatnWash., Jan. 28.—Gustave Ottwart, a general
merchant at Marietta, \u25a0 suburb, was instantlykilled today by the explosion of a tank of cas-ollne In his store.
LEATHES FACTORY— Xapa, Jan. 2S.—Articlesof Incorporation of the.C. P. Zoerb company
\u25a0; ?\u25a0"«'. fileU here' .today. The company willbuild a factory In this city for the manafae-tnrp of leather (roods.STHCIDE OF TRAIN DISPATCHES— Bakers-fleld, Jan. 2S.—il.J. MeUrath. for IS years
train dispatcher In East Raker«n>ld. commit-ted _ suicide last erenlng by shooting himself.11l health Is supposed to bare been the canse
GUILTY OF HOKSE STEAXlNG—Bakersflel.l.Jan. 2S.—
John and Henry Payne. "were todayfound sruilty of horse stealing.-
The ca« hasattracted wide attention, owln? to the protni-
\u25a0 nence of the defendants* family, they beinepioneers of the Tehachapl Talley.
These cities would furnish amateurteams and make up a six team league.Manager John Anderson of the Eaglesclub spoke for that body. The club hastaken the matter under advisement.\u2666 '\u25a0 !
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In a called meeting today the ciubmet a deputation of local citizens andbusiness men to discuss the advisabilityof forming a league to comprise Peta-luma. Santa Rosa. Healdsburg, SanRafael and two teams from San Fran-cisco. • *
[Special Dispatch to The Call]PETALUMA, Jan. 2S.—League or noleague is the question agitating the
minds of the members of the Eaglesbaseball club, Petaluraa's leading base-ball team. "•
Petaluma Tossers Discuss\u25a0•.. Formation of League
The board of health met yesterday,afternoon, but there were no walkin*papers from the mayor. Had therebeen the fight which the members ofthe board of, health intanrt to put upwould have sprung into being at once.
"We have decided to fight every ef-fort the"mayor might make to removeus from office," said Barendt yester-day afternoon. "We willengage attor-neys to carry on the contest for us, an<lwhile we can not say now what step*will be taken, as that is a matter inwhich we will be governed largely bythe' advice of our lawyers, -we willsurely take action. The charter pro-vides that members of this board shallhold office for certain terms, unless re-moved for cause. The whole spirit ofthose charter provisions is to keep acontinuity In the board, to keep th*board out of politic* and free fromharassment. We in^nd to see if thosecharter provisions shall not hold. Ina word, we willcontest any effort whiel>may be made to remove us."tIKAI/I'llBOARD PEACEABLE
Members of . the county medicalsociety of San Francisco are consider-ing the presentation to Mayor Mc-Carthy of a memorial asking that theboard of health be not disturbed on thoground that continuity of service of theheads of departments and employes isessential to efficient sanitary work. T>r.Langley Porter, president of the soci-ety, preferred last evening not to dis-cuss the matter, but it is understoodthat the advisability of taking some ac-tion will be discussed by the board ofdirectors at the meeting to be heldMonday. ,
The members of the health board are:Dr. Guy E. Manning, president; Dr.Thomas W. Huntington. Dr. George V..Somers, Joseph E. Cutten. Arthur U.Barendt, James W. Mullen and WilliairNF. Wilson.
The attorneys which may be engagedby the members of the board in theirfight to hold place under the city «re:Barclay Henley," Matt I.Sullivan andHiram W. Johnson.| FAXM.NG IDLE
McCarthy was not in a rtmoving,mood yesterday, and the "guillotine be-^hind the door In the mayor's office gath-ered dust and the headsman. Sergeant"Pete" Fanning, passed an idle day.
"There will be no more removals andno more appointments this week." saidthe mayor. "I'll have no more sur-prises at present like Ihad for thepolice, commissioners yesterday. Ifthe
,police commissioners had not been say-ing that they intended to take somestand if Iremoved them. Iwould not
have acted so summarily in the matter.""I have something on al! of the
commissioners." the mayor continued,"and can dismiss them all when Isodesire, but there will be nothing doinstthis week. Iwould not have removedthe police commissioners when T di«lif they had not been . talking aboutwhat they intended to do If T did re-move them."
"Ifelt that as the mayor wanted toappoint his own men on the fire com-mission Idid not want to stand in hisway.—lwent to his office and told himpersonally that Ihad resigned. Ourconversation regarding the matter wasmost pleasant and courteous, and T didnot send in any written resignation." *
HEALTH BOARD WU.V FIGHT
Newhall refused to discuss his ac-tion further than to say:
"There will be no more appointment.*,this week." said Mayor McCarthy yes-terday. . \u0084
But at that the week i3nearly over.There was one painless creation of
a vacancy yesterday when George A.Xewhall resigned as fire commissioner.Xewnall went to McCarthy's office an«itendered his resignation, in the sameaffable spirit in which the mayor haJdemanded it.
Board of Health in BelligerentMood and Threatens to
Fight Removal
Headsman"Fanning Is Idle, but
vNewhall "Resigns Place* onFire Commission
MAYOR SHEATHESAX TEMPORARILY
"He said,'.' declared the witness, "thatH. C. Henry and C. J. Smith, two of theCunningham claimants, had usuallybeen liberal contributors, but they weremad because they had not received pat-ents to" their lands and would not;giveanything. Itold Mr. Ballinger Iwasunder orders to investigate the claimsheld by these men. He said he wishedIwould not act on them until after theelection. Itold him Iwouldn't, and Idid. not. Iwas in the midst of a bigconspiracy case in Oregon and couldnot have given any attention to theother matter ifIhad wanted to. Andit was a favor to 'Ballinger as well:"
GJavis said he next saw Ballinger inSeattle in Ffibruary, 1909, after it hadbeen announced that Ballinger hadbeepselected as secretary- of the interiorin President Taft's cabinet. They dis-cussed the coal cases and Ballinger saidho thought that where there had beenonly a technical violation of the lawthe patents ought to be issued. .Glavi3said he agreed with him. .; Glavis;; said he was ordered May 2,1908, to{disoontinue .the. Alaskan in-quiry and take up the Oregon cases,where he had recommended that, ifsomething werenpt done at once, thestatute of limitations soon would provea bar.
"But,Ialso said the Alaska investi-gation should not be dropped at thattime." added Glavis.
"In June, 190S, Ipresented a reporton the land cases to Commissioner Den-nett, but learning that he was to be inOregon soon Idid not send it. Whenhe ;came to Oregon we discussed theentire situation. Dennett said he didnot think there should be any criminalprosecution; that he thqught it.wassufficient if the claims could be can-celed."
\u25a0Representative James: "What crimi-nal offense had the claimants com-mitted?"
-: {.
"Conspiracy to defraud the UnitedStates."-, . ;*-".i Representative James: "And that in-volved perjury?"
"Yes."Representative James: "But Dennett
took the view that if they were keptout of the land that was sufficient?"\ "Yes."
- -Glavis said, he was ordered back on
,the Alaska cases in November,' 190*,*but"did not actually take them- up untilMarch, 1909. He was busy on othermatters. He could have assigned oneor two agents to the case, but he pre-ferred to give it his personal attentionas: it Involved, millions of dollars.: At :5:12 o'clock adjournment wastaken until 10 o'clock Saturday.;The following witnesses today -weresubpenaed to
'appear before the com-
mittee at the request of the prosecu-tion:
•Horace T. Jones, special agent land
office, Portland, Ore.; Arthur. R. Bow-man, Cheyenne,. Wyo.; Andrew. Ken-nedy, Seattle; Henry M. Ho'yt,'.attorneygeneral of.Porto Rico; P. C. Richard-son, Seattle.
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Glavis said Ballinger spoke of thedifficulty he was having in securingcampaign ;contributions.
"The "above ;mini'TraaT received /from
Daniel GueKenheim in full for expenseincurred on account of the examinationof coal lands on his uccou nt
—check re-
ceived^ 9l^so.eo.^Campaign Contributions Sought
.."While;Cunningham la .itrenuoii* Inbin nffldavitn that they are not a partor, or bonded to the. Gusrsenhelms, itl» h little 'peculiar that their memo-randum : book sof expenses Incurredshould proceed .along from day to day.ivlth;grrcat detail .from the Inceptionof. the claim in .1002 until"December,1007,"and' then close with:':
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ScK Wartz- dated 23? 190S,which said among other things:
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Jacksonville Results^ ]
'The five frora :the Commercial schoolrallied during the last half of*-thegame and succeeded In tieing, the scoreThe referee had the game continued',
the team winning the iirst two pointsto* be the winner. 'Lunt of -"Missionthrew a goal from "a penalty, makingthe-scpre: Mission, 23; Commercial, 22.
Maher of Commercial then threw tWogoals because of. fouls and the' gamewas awarded to Commercial, i
The fast basket ball team from Wil-merding defeated the five' from Poly-technic high last night after a.snappyand exciting game. The boys from the-"Wilmerding school were too -fast
'and
heavy for their opponents and at notime was the result in doubt. Thefirst half ended with Wilmerding 17,Polytechnic
'7. The second half was
a repetition of the first, the final scorebeing Wilmerding 25,' Polytechnic 14.
At the Siaplamat Indian gymnasiumlast evening, one of' the closest games"of basket ball this season was-played.Commercial defeated the MisslQn play-ers, yet :the Mission boys played thebelter game- throughout.
At.the, end of the first half Missionled.* the_*:score being: Mission,; 11;Commercial, 8. :
Wilmerding Wins Fast GameFrom Polytechnic
Los Angeles Municipality VVinsVictory in Supreme Court 4
LOS ANGELES," Jan.; 28.—8y deriyinK!a rehearing of. the case of A. St. CVPerry against the city of Los,Angelesthe state supreme court today estab-lished the- rlgrht;of a .municipality to^employ day labor in construction workinstead of letting contracts to the low-est bidder.
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The action was ; brought originallyto enjoin: the city:from proceedingWith1 the- construction of -an outfallsewer"*"*and 'was *? decided against "
theplaintiff-in'the superior court.-- -
/.The decision; has an, important bear-ing on"the ..O wens river aqueduct proj-ect "now being;carried forward ,to pro-vide 5 Los "Angeles with a municipallyowned water- supply. '/
CONSTRUCTION WORK TO S;: BE DONE IbV DAY^LABOR
\u25a0, Fifth rarp. »ix furlonss. . selling—Roral Onrx;
7 to 10, won; Anna L.Daly, n to 1, second- Furlnaee..H to o, third. Time/ 1:17.
' ,Sixth rare, ono mile, selling—Kobin firav R to.'. won; Shapdnle. s to 0. second; Merry Gift 7to I,'. third; -Tlrao,- 1:43 4-5.. .''-.'
.TACKSONVILLB, Jan. 28.—HeaTy showers thisafternoon conrerted the track at Moncrlef parkinto a sea of mud. As a result the' card wascut by wholesale scratches. The Mackintosh, atone time as good at 100 to 1. and closing at 30to 1, furnished" the surprise of .the day by win-ning the. opening eyent.- 1Results: :\u25a0'\u25a0•-'.'a.O;.-* <
First race, flre and a half furlongs—The Mnck-intosh, 30 to l;won; Eusracian, 5 to 1, second;Schlcswlp, Bto 1. third. Time, 1:11 1-3.Second' race, fire and n hnlf furloiies—Thp
Golden Butterfly, ft to 20. w«n: Aman Fearman.scc<lDa; M>'ll<nr.v.~l\u0094 to I,;third. Time).mo 3-t». | \u25a0 . ..." *. \u25a0
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•Third rare, nre and a halt. furlongs, selling—Dolly Bultman, 6. t0 5. won; Harold Jr fi to 1"
second .-• Allonh.r.O to 2, third. Time. 1:10 3-r. '\u25a0Fourth race, onp and a sixteenth miles
"purse—
Dr. Holzberg. 11 to 20, won; Nethermost, 8 to 1second; Court Lady. 20' to 1, third.- Time]
Tampa Results
i I.OS ANGELES; rJan. '28.— With,hishandB r;filled .- with, 'currency and withgold and .silver tied to his body andhidden in his clothing:
'Jacob Nlrva, a
Finlander \u25a0' hailing from ,Butte, .Mont.,was dragged V todays from beneath afreight train a fter.; an attempt at sui-cide,i To the ;. switchmen .who rescuedhim from, the wheels Nirva said thathe" wanted to killv himself .because hehad "missed ithe
"train .oh which he ex-,
pected ;"t6V start.* for home. "Altogethernearly; $60<T was "found -concealed 'abouthis person.-^ He will.bo*examined .as tohis sanity. \u25a0 '\u25a0
Finlander Covered With MoneyThrows Himself Under Train
WALKING MINT TRIES ,; TO COMMIT SUICIDE
1First \u25a0 race,^ aboat ithree farloneii— -Louis* B 8to s.'; won ;'\u25a0 Mrs.;, Carter.; B to.I. «econd;-MaxineDale, 55 to 2.\u25a0< third."-.vTime.; :38 1-5.- -,', ,-Second race, fire furlongs. selllng—McAndrewsst» 2, won; Caltha," 6 to 1: second ;Bonelirake'-sto I, thirds:Time.. 1:04 2-6. v -"-\u25a0'",'\u25a0-Third race, sir furlongs.;selilns— Bannock Bob
'3.t0 1, won: Funda mental. ;S to 1. second- (jlois'teress. Sto 1,:third.: \u25a0. Time,\1:19 3-5.V.- . '
Fourth racer- fire.and ? a half furlongs— Bethfioodwin. •;3 to 1; won: Bannade. 3 to 1, second'Robert Powell.. 12 to 1.-thirds Tlme.l:lS i-6.I'-\u25a0 Fifth r*c<».
-flr*furlontw,- selling
—Anna Smith
10 to 1, won: Fleming,; 4 to 5; Becond;< Halifax*7ito;6, third. 'Time.; 1:05 1-5. . . •\u25a0 --\u25a0- '
Sixth . raw.vse.Teu> furlong*—Ormnse, I.'to 2won; Jndg<» Sanfle.v,,iio- to ;irsecond; Trmncr'-7,t0 1, third.; Time.,I:S4 4-5. ': >.-\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-'"..=
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TAMPA,,J«n'2S.— Raln.r. -n-pathor and a slow'"(\u25a0'< interfered with thn running of a^ splendidcard- today. \u25a0 Track- conditions caused many Vin-nct*.;the principal one r*ln<? in the fourth, whenLottie Darr^vrasjnnplaced- after .an vunusuallrbearr- play. ;- Saturday's card Includes 'a hurdle'j-ae» and n\good field of 2 year olds. The onenbetting ring today, added \u25a0to the interest of theplayers. Summaries: . . • \u0084 . "
Birds Prey on Lambs and Infest.Poultry,:Yards 1
[Special Dispatch to The Call]>•*PETALUMA,;Jan. 28.-—Cold .weatherand snowjnthe mountairis;to the north.6t here has driven;many^ eagles .'to;this^valley:,for food.-,r,Th#y^are iparticularlyannoying
'to:»thefarmers> living.;in' the
foothills ;'onvSonoma, mountains.. '.Thebirds preyion tthe lambsland! also .infestthe poultry yards.^OnTtha-Fred'Kynochranch- this, week a large"*- eagle£..wascaught in a trap bait'ed;With "a rabbit. ;
FARMER CATCHES EAGLEIN!TRAP WITH RABBIT
The Place dv Palais-Bourbon, wherethe deputies are now sitting, js nearlyisolated. While a corporal and two:soldiers in a rowboat were trying todeliver the orders of their commander,the boat was swept into the Seine andthe corporal fell overboard. The twosoldiers sprang into the seething watersto save their comrade., and after anexciting effort the corporal and one.soldier were rescued with ropes thrownby sailors on shore. The other soldierdrowned.
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The .authorities continue to battlebra rely with the situation, but theirresources arfi becoming exhausted. Thepolice, firemen and soldiers who 'havebf-en on duty night and day since. Mon-day are worn out, and volunteers toaid the work of rescuft and relie.fwerccalled for ioday.
Tue improvised dikes along the quayshave, broken, and the chief efforts-arenow directed to keeping the bridgesfree of driftwood. Men with ropesfastened about their bodies are loweredover the sides of the bridge* into thefreezing water to further this work.
Red Cross, ambulances go clangingthrough, the streets. „Soldiers are re-placing? .the police for sentinel duty,-pivingtbe city the appearance of be-ing in;a state of siege.
Offers of aid are pouring in fromthe outsde,' but as^yet the governmenthas not made an official announcementas to;whether such gifts would be'ac-reptable.
Pestilence Is FearedBoth the government and the munici-
pal administration decided to adoptFtrong measures to_ prevent shop keep-ers from, unduly Iraising the price offood, but as the climax is reached the
\u25a0jsiuthorities appear to be coftoernr-d with |J^rhat may follow>yen^ more than with j-v the present' situation."~
The. fear that -pestilence will comet\ fler the flood \u25a0is preat, jtnd arrange-:•ucnts are heinir perfected to insure the
Toward noon the water gushed out ofthe Tuil!eries entrance to the Metro-politan subway, flooding the square infront of the Coraedie Francaise. An at-trmpt to keep the water down in thesection of the subway at this place wasmade by using pumps through holesbored at distant points, but with littlesuccess.
Within the city there is .practicallyno means of transportation' except" by«abs and taxicabs.'th* owners of whichrharce fabulous prices. The steamtramways, which were the only surfacelines remaining after the electric carsfailed, were unable to move today, asthe water had entered the fireboxes".-
-rommunication by omnibus and auto-
buses between the two sides of -the'river has been suspended owing to theunsafe- condition of the bridges. . •
At the Place Pereire the main'drainexploded, flooding the subway, and the•workmen inside narrowly escaped. An-other main broke, emptying the con-tents into the basement of. the. prin-cipal market and destroying the entirereperve stocks of provisions.
Soldiers* Heroic Work
Disaster followed disaster during the•lay. A gaping: chasm opened in thelower Champs Elysee, engulfing a cartand two men. One of the men wasrescued, but the other, with the horse,was swept away.
Many roads leading to the city werefilled today with pedestrians going toIheir work and lons processions of ref-ugees bent beneath 4be weight of sackscontaining the few belongings that theyliad been able to save. Practically allarc without funds.Disaster Follows Disaster
The last means of insuring suburbantraffic was interrupted for a time todayvhen the tracks of the belt line wereongulfed at the Rue de Courcelles.
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The prices of- necessaries are ad-vancing rapidly, as the paralysis oftransportation facilities extend. TheNorthern railway still operates directlyinto the city, but the continuation oftraffic on this line is threatened by thedeplorable situation at the St. Ladarestation, where the tracks are sub-merged and the immense building indanger of falling as a result of broken\u25a0u-siter mains beneath its foundations.
Todays papers are filled with pagesof pitiful and terrifying: details. Warwould hardly play such havoc. TheCity of Light has become a city of-.^!ime, filled with muddy waters. Busi-ness is almost at a standstill and thehotels are crowded with persons whohave fled from inundated homes.
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The palace of the Legion of Honorhas been evacuated. The situation inthe neighborhood of th«* French insti-tute ha? become desperate.
From the Rue de ]a Grand-Bateliereonly onp street, the Rue do la Rouquet,is open to the submerged eleventh ar-rondissement. necessitating a threemile detaur to reach the eleventh fromthe ninth arrondiss.^ment.Institute Is Evacuated
The Esplanade dcs Invalides -is- asheet of water. The turgid flood hascrept back almost to the .Jardin (iv
Luxembourg on its left bank and-in-vaded the Place de la Concorde, whichwas closed and guarded by soldiers, andthe lower Champs felysees on the right
bank. The Palais de Glace and otherresorts and restaurants are surround-ed, even the Plato de l'Opera at thecore of the city threatened to sink tothe subway beneath. Cellars through-out the district from that point to theSt. Lazare station, comprising theFaubourg llontmartre and the RueBerger and the richer sections in theKue de Province, the. Rue. l>rouot andHi** Rue <;hateau Dnri. are filled to the*frect level with water from the over-flowed subterranean river.
An unfortunate shifting of the wind,
accompanied by a falling barometer,
added a new thrill of horror to tho
stricken city and country. The devas-tation has now penetrated the heart ofI'arip, the Gorgian rivers and sewers
underneath literally blowing up thestreets, while the area of the surfaceoverflowed by the waters of the Seine
had been doubled today. Twelve of the
"5 bridges over the river have beenclosed, and the quays on either sidefrom one end of the city to the othertr« either inundated or have hern roped
oft as unsafe.Luxembourg Is Invaded
boiling waters of the Seine have been
sivoOi i\*
Join t--
Inhabitants of Torrent Swept
Capital Cry in Agonyfor.End
Dirge and Wailing Takes Placeof "Cityof Light's" Former
Mirth and Revelry
-Only One "Bromo Quinine"
That is Laxative ißromo" Quinine: VLookfor signature of Er.WV Groves Used worldovar taCura a ColdiqiOne Day. * 2Ro-•
;. As • to ;the;' Guggenhcims' interest •intlie ;Cunningham
-.claims,
~Attorney;
Brandeis read a*letter ifrom YieW Chief
:"Ballinger told."me," jthe witness cori-.tinued^; "there Ihad 'been :a lot"of:muck-:raking, and that
-1.ought to fbe careful
before-making/specific chargesVagalnst
any.;one. r\u25a0-..: At > a )Bubsequent-- interview^withi;Ballinger,lUold"him Cunningham'
was iaccusing; me: ofjournal.-He told'me not.to worry;thatCunningham -evidently was "spreadingthis \u25a0 story ;to' square"himself:with?hisprincipals; for fdoing; such- a* sllly^thingas.to= give'tho'Journal itolme."^,;'"^\::-,"':,,1}
, "But ? I-:regarded him- as "such," re-tjlledGlavis. -;i^•-;'"*. y ._.-
> "But he was not a government -offl-*cial .then?" -suggested; Glavis'.; counsel.
.Glavis;said^.he knew Ballinger/wouldbe. bothered by>b.\ lot'of people in"Seat-tle as .soons'as. HP returnedi there afterleaving; the government' service; and he
to' lay hls'side: of the- case be-"fore him first. ./-,-. .. .-;^'yS-.'i-
\rGlavis testified to an interview.' he
had with Ballinger in" Seattle in themiddle of March, 1908; two weeks; orso after Ballinger.had resigned as com-missioner. Ar letter ii;was;v introducedshowing that ? prior;:to Aprii;i,;1908,Ballinger had; requested informationregarding someiof the land claims fromFred; Dennett.' his :successor.* , -\u25a0•\u25a0
Glavis' told' further -of his investi-gation into the alleged fraud }ot theCunningham' group^and- said .when :hefirst approached Cunningham^ the latterdeclared ,: he .had :heard .complaint' hadbeen made that ..-he ' represented theGuggenheims. He denied
-this ;and ;to
carry out the denial submitted the jour-nal.to Glavis, who;held it as evidenceagainst Cunningham. '-\u25a0
Interview With Ballinger
The journal contained under date, of1903 an agreement among the Cunning-
ham claimants to form a company, eachclaimant to give Cunningham an eighth
of his stock in return for services: ren-dered. \u25a0 .
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At the opening of the afternoon ses-sion
4Attorney Brandeis offered in evi-
dence the' journal of Clarence Cunning-
ham of Wallace, Idaho,; agent in all; theCunningham, claims.'* :
.One order for clear listing,' so far asthe mineral division was concerned, hadbeen issued December 6, 1907, prior toGlavis' visit to -Washington,, but thistoo was held up by Schwartz.
» Brandeis read . further from theprinted record to show,:that :the firstorder to clear list the; Cunninghamclaims was issued by the, mineral di-vision Decomber.26, 1907—just 13 days
after tho Glavis interview with Com-missioner -Ballinger. The order,- how-ever, .'was :held up by direction ofSchwartz. :."\- /
indicate that President Taft and^At-torney General Wickersham were mis-
taken when they, reached the stated
conclusion that- Ballinger's participa-tion in the mattpr had been merely foi>mal. . '
Among the letters read was one from-Special- Agent 11. T. Jones, calling-at-
tention to the alleged fraudulent char-acter of the Alaskan claims.
"That leter was written before Glavis-came into the matter in anyw ay?"
questioned Senator Nelson."Yes," replied Brandeis."Then you don't claim Glavis origi-
nally called attention to these claims?""No; in" addition Jones' report there
had been supplemented by one fromSpecial Agent Love."
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"Didn't" Love recommend' the Cun-ningham claims- for clear listing?"asked Representative Madison. . :
"Itdidn't amount to a recommenda-tiori.'exactly," replied the counsel.Glavis Again Quizzed
The examination of Gldvis was, thenresumed. \u25a0 He told of a visit,to Wash-ington in December, 1907, when he tookup with,officials of the land office', thematter of the Alaska .claims. He toldSchwartz that people" In Seattle were,saying there would ..be no further in-vestigation of the claims in Alaska andthe patents would be granted.
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."Isaid there was great danger of an-
oitier big scandal equal to that in Wy-oming and Colorado, .where the investi-gation-of the coal land. cases had be^nsuppressed," declared. Glavis.
"Who .suppressed .those, -investiga-tions?" demanded Senator Paynter (Di).
"It"was testified at Salt Lake thatformer Commissioner Richards did—Ballinger had no connection with it-inany way." \u0084'....;':.'..,
"Why were people 'in Seattle sayingthey would, get their patents?" askedJames (D.). *•
"I don't "know," replied Glavis; "Iknow of no reasons they may havehad."
"Who made these statements?" in-quired Olmstead. ., "There were a number- of claimantsin the Hunt group. Ican't recall thenames." \u25a0-,
Glavis Given ChargeAfter his interview with Schwartz,
Glavis was conducted to Ballinger's of-fice and as a result" of "his visit' toWashington- and the story-he told wasImmediately placed in charge of all theAlaska cases.-
"What did you say to Ballinger?""Itold him Ithought we could can-
cel all the Alaskan claims; that a lotof
'prominent people had formed ]a pooland"-' that the evfde"nce rwoutd provelt."
?"What did HMlinger say. to*you?" -vI "He said ja.number;, of .the claimantswere friends and former business-as-sociates of his and that there had beena lot'Of talk that they would get' theirpatents."
\u25a0 .'."Now, Glavis,' he said, |when youget_baek to iwant you to let itbe publiclyknown *tbat' you have start-ed, this investigation.! and Iwant it tobe thorough, no. matter who it hurts.You are to go right after them, wheth-er they are; friends of mine or not.'
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"Did- he mention names'
of hisfriends?"
"Yes, he spoke of H.C. Henry and C.J. Smith, both of whom were in theCunningham group."
~ r •Glavis said he went- back to work
happy and satisfied that there was tobe a thorough investigation and , thathe had worried unnecessarily about apossible scandal.
Glavis declared it was December, 13,1907, he had his interview with Com-missioner Ballinger. January 7, 1908,
less than a month after lie had beendirected! to make the investigation, aletter was addressed to him by Bal-linger, stating that the . Cunningham
claims had,been"clear listed" from 'theinvestigating "division for patent.
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January 22, 1908, Glavis sent a tele-"gram and letter protesting against theclear listing of the claims and theywere withdrawn and sent back to theinvestigating division. ,
Order Is Held Up
Shasta Water for;health^ When;or-lerinevbe sura and see the label. •-*"/.
Among the Oaklanders In Paris isMrs. Jean Howard;Fchumaker* daughterof-Mr. and Mrs. John :L.rHoward ofVernon
'heights. Mrs. Sohiimaker was
accompanied by Miss Daisy Polk of*SanFrancisco. .Mrs.. John ,.LV: Howardcabled \ two weeks :ago from London ofher arrival there and ;that' shVexr>ected
prompt disinfection and cleaning of thecity as soon as the waters subside.. A touching evidence of the conditions
i above the city came today in the shapej of an urgent appeal from Charenton for
food and clothing for 2,000 babies res-1
cued at- AlfortvUle and Ivry, who have.1 been without proper clothing for fouri days. v
The engine room of the papermills atEssonnes, near -
Corbeill in Sein%-et-Oise. is Hooded and, as the mills, theresupply a.good deal of the paper usedby the Paris newspapers, the publica-tions in the metropolis are in danger ofhaving their supply cut off. The danger,
also is augmented by the difficulty oftransporting the paper to Paris.
Cables Are ThreatenedThe water is infiltering the cellars of:
the Central telegraph building in theRue~ae Grenelle.
'The water is 12 feet ;
deep in the engine room and many
cables have been submerged and para-lyzed..
The Boulevard St. Germain is floodedfrom the quay to the doors of the min-istry of public works, and the water is
jalso at the doors of the ministry of war.. French stocks averaged a loss of 30 jfrancs the last week. Tbe subway
shares dropped 60 francs and all Indus-trials were off; but, considering the I
extent of the disaster, the drops arehardly as great as were anticipated.
When the dam at Gennevilliers, atown six miles Croin Paris, broke yes-terday a wall of water swept over theplain, submerging the lower quartersof Gennevilliors and the neighboring,towns of Colambes and Asnieres.
A general race for life followed, butfortunately sappers and sailors were at
hand and they succeeded in taking off!h boats all those who were imprisonedin ilie houses. ":r "\u25a0' .-
Fifty girls today were taken out ofthe second story of the convent on theBoulevard de Dalny.
Communication. Cut OffCommunication with Kngland, Hol-
land! Denmark. and Austria and many
cities and towns _in France is com~
pletely cut off. The telephone has beenpractically abandoned in Paris.
New districts are being flooded con-stantly, and the people are evacuating
blocks of buildings. Several hospitalswhere sick refugees were taken are ina' dreadful plight, the water havingquenched fires in the furnaces.
Four' hundred patients were hurried-ly removed in ambulances
-from the
Hospital Af lit Salpetriere to the Hos-pital Boucicault. Their rescue wasdramatic and timely. -The hospital wasisolated and a new rush of waterthreatened to level it. The tirelessprefect of police, M. Lepine, .sum-moned ambulances and boats and addi-tional police and soldiers. .
While some soldiers were laying pon-toons others took patients out. Twohundred were saved in boats, while an-other 200 were carried across the pon-toons on the backs of soldiers.
Thousands of Americans in Paris,especially artists and students in> theLatin quarter, are oeing bombarded\u25a0with cablegrams from anxious rela-tives. The Associated Press has beenrequested to announce that all" Ameri-cans are safe. A few.: have beenobltged to .leave their lodgings in thelower, part of -the city, but, the Latinquarter Is high and safe.
The French .government is deeplytouched by expressions of sympathythat have been received from, abroad.King Victor Emmanuel and the Italiancabinet have sent .messages of con-dolence, and Pope Pius has transmitted$6,000. Emperor Nicholas and the kingof Belgium have sent $2,000 each. Pub-lic subscriptions have been opened inBelgium.
Expressions of sympathy are comingfrom England, Germany and Austria.
Italian Floods RecedenOME, Jan.
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28.—
Splendid weather re-turned today. The floods throughoutItaly are^receding.'
London Plans Relief Fund.LONDON,' Jan. 28.—Sir ".John KniH,
lord mayor of London, today opened amansion house fund for the relief ofthe; flood sufferers in France.
Chicago^to Aid Paris*CHTCAG<VJan. 28.—Mayor Biisse this
afternoon: issued 'a proclamation call-Ing-upon the people of Chicagrw to aidthe Paris flood sufferers. He appointeda' commiltee^of 71;to solicit funds.; ;•
San Jose Raises Fund[Special Dispatch to The Call]
SAN JOSE, Jan. 28.—
At the weeklyluncheon of the chamber of commercetoday subscriptions were received forthe relief of th« flood sufferers of Paris.The project was broached .by ValentineKoch, a prominent local merchant, andthe Idea .was enthusiastically Indorsedby business and professional men ofthe city.-'
CALIFORNIANS INPARISBELIEVED TO BE SAFE
BERKELEY, Jan!' 28,—With a scoreof Berkeleyans in Paris now, duringthe raging of.the'terrible flood, there isconsiderable- apprehension among theirrelativesjin this city over their'safety.Althougha majority.of the Berkeleyansln**the-French capital are residents ofthe Latin quarter/which is a districtremote from the flood area, .there, arofears expressed for the safety of theBerkeleyans from plague and privation,the usual aftermath of calamities. " \u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0
The .Berkeleyans now. In '. Paris are:Clinton ,R. Morse/ relative -»of the lateMrs. Francis Shattuck; Prof." \u0084W..-M.Hart- of the faculty of .the universitydepartment of"English., and his wife;Mrs: A. A. Pennoycr, widow- of-the luxemember of the firm of Taft &Pennoyerof Oakland; Sheldon and Paul Pen-noyer, 'students of the. university,studying 'architecture;* Mr.'- and Mrs.Arthur. J. ;Todd. graduates of •the uni-versity and students of social problems;Miss Halließ. Porter, daughter/of Mrs.W. "W. Porter; :Edgar :Thoma*., sori.-ofCaptain and Mrs. Thomas ,of La Lomaavenue; Warren ;Perry, koh of a facultymember of. the California- Institutionfor the Deaf and Blind.'
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Save Money On MeatsREAD THE BIG SATURDAY SPECIALS
No other meats so choice. No other prices so low. No other store sosanitary. No other methods so fair. We buy the best and sell at thelowest prices regardless of wholesalers. We turn theirprofits over, toyou.
Here are the Prices that Settlethe Meat Question for you
Fancy Lamb Legs, per 1b.......15c Best Eastern Sugar Cared Hams,Yearling 3lutton Legs, per lb:l2s4c per 1b..... .....16cXutton Loin Chops, per. lb..l2^c Urer Saasaire, per Ib ...10cMutton Rib Chops, per 1b.....10c Frankfurters, per 1b.......^... 10cLamb Prime Rib Chops, per lb.15c Headcheese. 3 lbs. for 2">c
Porterhouse Steak, per 1b......15c «.p
per.er lb '- -;••••••••• -• - •*-««
SirloinSteak, per ChiPP^ Bm» P" lb 20cShoulder Rib Steak, per 1b.... 7Hc Boiled Hams, per lb 23cPrime Ribßoast, per 1b..';...12^5c Hamburcrer, $ lbs. f0r1........25c
;Shoulder Rib Roast, per 1b..V...5c Pork Sausage, per 1b.... ....:10cBologna Sausage,. S lbs: f0r..;.2-Sc Pork Chops, per 1b... .....15c
Our delicatessen department is the finest^and best equipped on thecoast. HTCrything sold in;this department at cut-rate prices.
Save On Groceries and LiquorsE^gs, Strictly Fresh Ranch
- - - -35c
Butter, Cold Storage, 2 lbs.- - - -
65cCoffee, Kona Style, 2 lbs.
- -. • -45c
'TYhite Beans,;6lbs. f0r........25c. Paul Jones. ....\v.y;r.\v../i:;s<»cPork and Beans, 1-lb. cans,'. Port or Sherry* per ga1.... ..55cicans for:...:V;V/...".'.... 25c Claretr rood table -nine, bot.. .';lsc
